Tribe Mourns Shooting Victim

In this Feb. 27, 2002, SR file photo by Torsten Kjellstrand/SR, Lakeside fan Charlotte Nilson of Plummer cheers for her son Tim Wolfe during the 1A boys basketball in Caldwell. With Nilson are her other children Jordan, 4, left, and Christina, 6. Charlotte’s husband Jim cheers behind. Wolfe, who was gunned down in Coeur d’Alene Saturday morning was a star athlete at Lakeside High in Plummer.

The victim, Wolfe, was a star athlete at Lakeside High School in Plummer and one of a small group of his graduating class to go on to college, said Mike Sifford, a lifelong friend. Wolfe studied and played basketball at Salish Kootenai College in Pablo, Mont., but he returned to Worley often to visit his girlfriend and 16-month-old daughter, Sifford said. “Everything was always about his little girl,” Sifford said. “The thing about Tim is he always excelled. There was never a peak or plateau for Tim; he just kept getting better at what he did.” The tribal and Plummer-Worley communities are reeling from Wolfe’s death, Sifford said, and no funeral plans have been announced/ Meghann Cuniff , SR. More here .

DFO: I don’t know if there’s anything left to be said re: this senseless killing. But I’m posting this because Meghann wrote a thorough story that humanizes the victim. I found the 2002 photo in the SR archives. Remember to hug your children today.